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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2 Colleges
$156,753 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Petroleum Engineering is the #227 most popular major in the country with 1,256 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the petroleum engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Petroleum Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College the best school in the Southeast Region for petroleum engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

The excellent master’s degree programs at West Virginia University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the Southeast Region . WVU is a very large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

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Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best petroleum engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Louisiana 104
Mississippi 15
West Virginia 74

One of 40 majors within the area of study, petroleum engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Petroleum Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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